National New Yorker lap steel guitars

A little demonstration of the National New Yorker lap steel - a great sounding guitar and an art deco design masterpiece. A 1937 and a 1947 model are featured in this clip.

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Music by Fred Kinbom. © Fred Kinbom 2007.

(The still photograph of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber is in the public domain and found at http://historylink101.com/ww2-planes.htm ).

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• lap
• steel
• slide
• guitar
• national
• new
• yorker
• electric
• valco
• vintage
• 1930s
• art
• deco

[Markutbe]

Fred,

You have a very cool approach to the lap steel, and set yourself apart from so many soundalikes.

What is the song you're playing on the 1937?

Gminor tuning (D G D G Bb D) ?

[oahusteel75]

Thanks! I'm playing some bits and bobs I've come up with, none of which are finished songs as yet. You got the tuning right.

Fred

[oahusteel75]

Thanks! Merci! :-)

[vleb]

Just great ! Your instrument videos are always professional and full of infos...Keep' em coming ! What about amps you use ?

[oahusteel75]

Merci vleb! The amp is a Fender Blues Junior.

[Lapsteelz]

Great demo and explanation! My next DIY lap steel will be a copy of a New Yorker, but not sure which model yet. These are lovely vintage instruments. Thanks Fred!

[jazzysnazzy]

Thank you for the very informative video. I just found one of these at a thrift shop. The SN is 4156G so My guess is 1942 vintage.

An amphenol to 1/4" adaptor was available on eBay. Can't wait to plug it in.

An amazing instrument.

[mrsullyrox]

i notice the first national you played had the old round connected cable- does your other end have a 1/4 inch jack that allows you to plug into your amp- and if so can u point me in the direction of getting one of those cables. or what they might be called- thank you very much

[docparider88]

This is very cool stuff .. makes me feel like a little kid again for some reason ... loved this vid .. im glad i watched .

[jonasbacklund]

where can i get a fretboard like that? with roman numbers, that was awesome!

[JustinSandercoe]

nice playing dude. J

[RIFFRAFF15]

a person like me experimenting with alternate tunings has never thought of any open MINOR chords. i really like the eerie sound. thanks for the inspiration and keep up the good work!

[LoveFemaleFeet]

Nice!

[orionsman]

...and accidentally kill and injure people!!! Really! Don't be careless about safety.

[orionsman]

If you dropped guitars on doorsteps, they would break into a million pieces.